Serious Craving For All Things Mint? Help!! 😳?

I have no idea why? I could just bathe in mint or spearmint right now. I have been craving it in my coffee, plain old mints, in my ice cream.. I would eat a minty meatball sub right now if I could!! 😱 WTF is going on with me!!

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I honestly believe our taste buds can get addicted to certain foods, spices etc,..if you notice with Spice Jelly Beans all you taste is a Spice taste well i could eata whole bag but i know I would pay afterwards really you can't taste no flavor with them except Spice,

Q. I had a gastric bypass 32 months ago. Last year I started craving mint in everything: mint coffee, ice cream, cake, cookies, even mint lip balm.

It has now gotten worse. I am worried because all I want to do is sit down with a tube of mint Chapstick and eat my heart out. I have asked other bypass people if they crave non-food items. Some have said they eat lip balm for the waxiness.

I told a doctor but he laughed it off and said mint would not hurt me. Why am I craving mint? I just found out I do have a very low iron level. Could this be the problem?A. Your very low iron level could indeed be contributing to your craving. Iron or zinc deficiency is sometimes associated with a condition called pica. This is the medical term for craving and eating non-food substances. While mint coffee or cookies qualify as food, mint-flavored lip balm certainly does not! Wh